• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    That… seems odd; vasectomies and hysterectomies are a specialty; there’s no way I’d want a GP or even a brain surgeon sterilizing me. And as far as specialists in the field go… are there really some that will refuse a consenting adult of sound mind?

    • adarza@lemmy.ca
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      read the article. please. it’s not about forcing any ol’ doctor to perform these procedures… it’s about when a doctor denies the procedures for their own personal reasons and opinions–even when it’s a treatment option for something else. someone very near and dear to me had to go to a different state because she’s (“only”) in her 20s and nobody around here would even consider it–even though another pregnancy might kill her.

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      Religious nutters and male chauvinists don’t take well to the idea of taking away the childbearing capacity of a broodmare potential mother.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        Hell some of them don’t like the idea of guys being sterile, I’ve made jokes about how I’m probably sterile because of the abuse I put my body through and they act like I just said I spiked an infant into a rock.